Councillor John Peck, committee chairman for children, families and cultural services at Nottinghamshire County Council said: “I’d like to congratulate young people across Nottinghamshire for these excellent results and would also like to acknowledge the dedication and commitment from teachers and parents across the county.

“Teachers have been working hard, focusing their efforts on supporting pupils and raising standards and this is borne out by the results.”

He also acknowledged that there have been some notable successes for individual schools as well as some disappointing outcomes.

He said that he had invited the Regional Schools Commissioner Jenny Bexon-Smith to attend a forthcoming Children and Young People’s Committee to ensure that elected members hear from her as to how she intends to address underperforming academies and sponsors in Nottinghamshire.